SuryaGrahan 2024 solar eclipse 2nd October India timings how to watch

Suryagrahan 2 Oct 2024: The second and last solar eclipse of the year 2024 is near. Another solar eclipse will be visible on Gandhi Jayanti on 2nd October. The first solar eclipse of this year occurred on April 8, which was seen in areas of America, Canada and Mexico. It was a total solar eclipse. He was not seen in India. The eclipse occurring on October 2 will be an annular eclipse. A ring of fire will also be visible in it and the Sun will look like a burning ring.

According to reports, the Ring of Fire can be seen for 7 minutes 25 seconds. However, this eclipse is also not effective in India. The eclipse occurring on October 2 will begin south of Hawaii in the North Pacific Ocean and end in South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean.

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The radius of the solar eclipse on Earth will be about 14 thousand 163 kilometers. Its path will be 265 to 331 kilometers wide. At the same time, the Ring of Fire can be seen in the southern areas of Chile and Argentina in South America. The special thing is that most of the path of the eclipse is in the sea.

According to Space.com, the best view of the ‘Ring of Fire’ will be seen from a remote volcanic island named Rapa Nui. This place is in the Southern Pacific Ocean. The special thing is that on July 11, 2010 also a total solar eclipse was visible there.

There is little hope of seeing a good solar eclipse in India in the next few years. According to Time & Date, annular solar eclipse will be visible in India on 21 May 2031, in which about 28.87% of the Sun will not be visible. The best view of that eclipse will be in the cities of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.